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Show Beet Growers Ratify Action of Committee Declaring that the farmers ;ind beet growers of Utah had passed through one of the most trying ordeals of the time and that they were just emerging from the cahotic state resultant form the re cent great world's war and that the cloud with a silver lining was looming on the horizon for all, Ephraim Ber'geson, president of the Utah State Farm bureau and a member of the State Farm Burreau Sugar Beet committee, sounded the keynote of coming prosperity in a stirring address before the sugar beet growers of the Gunnison VaJley and others at the Kinema theatre at Center-field Center-field last Monday night. More than 150 beet growers were present pre-sent at the metting and not only heard Mr. Beregson'a talk but listened to addresses made by J. A. Ward, of Boxelder county, and C. N. Beal of Ephraim, members of the State Farm Bureau Sugar Beet committee, and Harvey Ross, president of the Gunnison Gunni-son Valley Sugar company, and George B. Cox, president of the Sanpete County Farm Bureau and others. .spoke briefly on the efforts of the local factory to be successful. The price offered for the 1023 beet crop, he said, might prove disastrous if the necessary tonnage is not forthcoming, but with sufficient beets the factory would be able to make the grade and I not only this, the grower would also j share in making money. Mr. Ross impressed im-pressed the fact that with a full cam-;paign cam-;paign by the growers of this district would vindicate the farm bureau by exacting the profit-sharing schedule of $5.50 as the minimum and a dh sion of the sugar price on the ba:.s of 48-52. j 'When the speakers had finished, I A. A. Beck, one of the prominent 'growers of the valley, made a moti...-. moti...-. that the beet growers of the valley pledge thrmsHves to stand by the report re-port submitted by the State Farm Bureau Sugar Bept committee. When Waiving the usual preliminaries C. A Peterson, president of the Centcr-fiold Centcr-fiold Farm Bureau, introduced President, Presi-dent, Beregson and announced the objects ob-jects of the meeting. Mr. Bergc-son dealt briefly on national issues and stated that the government was now paying attention to the farmers of the i nation and that something would j surely result for the good of the agriculturists agri-culturists form the legislation now being considered. This, the speaker said, was the result of the cooperation coopera-tion of the farm bureaus. President Bergeson went into detail de-tail in his report of the farm bureau beet sugar committee and its negotiations nego-tiations with the sugar companies. Ha lauded the management of the Gunnison Valley Sugar company for bring the first to sign the 1023 contract con-tract and urged, for this reason, that all growers get back of the local fac- la'standing vote was called for there j was a hearty response and only a very few remained seated. I On a motion made by William Duf-j Duf-j fin of Axtcll, a vote of thanks was extended to the members of the committee com-mittee who came here from Salt Lake City. Oscar Talk, machinist at the factory furnished several solos with guitar accompaniment. Talk made a ! decided hit and the heatry encores j resulted in several selections being ' given. Messrs. Bergeson, Beal, and Ward left Tuesday morning for Salina and Tuesday night they addressed a large gathering of beet growers in l that city. tory and supply sufficient beets to I keep the factory grinding and producing pro-ducing for three or four months instead in-stead of one month. The profit-shar-j ing contract on the sliding scale, with, a minimum price to growers of $5.50 : for the beets, will prove highly profitable profi-table to the growers, said Mr. Bergeson, Berge-son, and with tho schedule there is no reason why the farmers of the Gunnison Valley and the territory covered by the local factory, cannot; 'supply at least 50,000 tons of beets.! ! "Every farmer should be interested' in the gTeat factories of the state, be- cause without the farmer the factories factor-ies cannot exist and without the factories fac-tories the farmer cannot exist. All i should take the chance together andj if the cooperation is pronounced as' it should be there will be success for! both." . Mr. Bergeson was greeted with a round of deafening appause when he stated that the Gunnison Valley Sugar Su-gar company, through its president, I Mr. Ross, bad taken the lead in ac-j Icepting the 1023 contract. The fact that the local company is one of the younge.st in the west and is indepen-J dent of the trust, and raised the price of beets last year above the old-line companies, -speaks volumes for the concern and this point was impressed by Mr. Bergeson at Monday night's j meeting. ; "Reduce the cost of production for your factory by giving them a large tonnage," said Mr. Bergeson in clos-j ing his remarks. "A small tonnage will break both the grdwer and the factory. Get back of your factory and give them the largest tonnage they have ever had and both you and the factory officials wall be the winners." C. N. Beal of Ephraim, and J. A. Ward, of Boxelder county, both members mem-bers of the state farm bureau sugar beet committee, gave brief talks and particular, stress was paid to cooperation, cooper-ation, among the farmers. Both speak ers impressed importance of seeking' bigger membership in the farm organizations orga-nizations and insisted that the cooperation co-operation in membership and work! by- Ithe business Vnen, would prove highly beneficial and help place the; farm bureaus on the highest plane. Taxation was also handled by- the speakers and the fact was brought ; out that the state tax commitee was ! on he job and were keeping a carc-j ful watch for. a material reduction. "Gunnison Valley is doing herself proud," said President Geo. B. Cox,! j of the Sanpete County farm bureau. j"The big . poultry industry, now be- eorrjirig' a.:,"s,tale-wide movement, bad its 'inception in. Gunnison Valley and ; with -this; added 'resource of revenue 'for the members of the farm bureaus there should be every incentive for all to stick together and make Sanpete county one of the leaders in the state1 for beet and poultry production. W. Harvey Ross, president of the Gunnison Valley Sugar company, |